Ambassador Rolf Ekéus - The present moment in the task of abolishing nuclear weapons - Nuclear disa The present moment in the task of abolishing nuclear weapons.
Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Rolf Ekéus
Chair, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
Nuclear weapons are becoming increasingly ineffective as a deterrence.
Ambassador Rolf Ekéus addresses some of the issues related to abolishing nuclear weapons. He sAuthor(s): No creator set

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Professor Gareth Evans - The challenge of getting to zero - Nuclear disarmament forum The challenge of getting to zero: The role of the Australia-Japan International Commission in Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Keynote Speaker: Professor Gareth Evans
Co-chair, International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
Disarmament requires a broad constituency, including Russia and the Author(s): No creator set

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Tilman Ruff - New climate science and the urgency of zero - Nuclear disarmament forum New climate science and the urgency of zero
Speaker: Tilman Ruff
Australian NGO advisor - International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
The very nature of nuclear materials argues for universal and consistent approaches. Plutonium has a half-life of 24,400 years. The research on radiation is showingAuthor(s): No creator set

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Marianne Hanson - Challenging the myth that we need nuclear weapons - Nuclear disarmament forum Challenging the myth that we need nuclear weapons
Speaker: Marianne Hanson
Reader in International Relations, University of Queensland
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
The possession of nuclear weapons does not make a state secure.
A human tendancy towards inertia. It is easier to do nothing than to take real steps to make change. A sense of complancyAuthor(s): No creator set

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Patrick Morgan - Why are nuclear weapons so persistent? - Nuclear disarmament forum Why are nuclear weapons so persistent?
Speaker: Patrick Morgan
Tierney Chair, Peace & Conflict Studies, University of California, Irvine
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
Maybe someday we will outgrow nuclear weapons. But that doesn't seem to be the case. Nuclear weapons persist because of broad security reasons; psychological; political; military and fAuthor(s): No creator set

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Michael Hamel-Green - New developments in Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones - Nuclear disarmament forum New developments in Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones
Speaker: Michael Hamel-Green
Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development, Victoria University.
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
Nuclear weapon free zones are the unsung hero of nuclear disarmament. They are legally binding treaties that have been established by regional groups of countriesAuthor(s): No creator set

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Speaker: Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Professor of Japanese History, Australian National University.
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
It is important to look at the images of Hiroshima to remind ourselves that this is what nuclear weapons are for, this is what they do.Author(s): No creator set

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Kawasaki Akari - Can Japan change? New government, civil society and the region - Nuclear disarmamen Can Japan change? New government, civil society and the region
Speaker: Kawasaki Akira
Japanese NGO advisor - International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament.
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
Japan is calling on a world free of nuclear weapons, but its security arrangements depend on the US nuclear umbrella. Both Japan and AustraliaAuthor(s): No creator set

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Jimbo Ken - New dynamics: nuclear relations in Northeast Asia - Nuclear disarmament forum New dynamics: nuclear relations in Northeast Asia
Speaker: Jimbo Ken
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University.
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
Concept of nuclear disarmament has regional variations. Obama commitment to world free of nuclear weapons. US will significantly de-emphasise nuclear weapons and work with Russia to disaAuthor(s): No creator set

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Dimity Hawkins - A global abolition treaty: getting us to zero - Nuclear disarmament forum A global abolition treaty: getting us to zero
Speaker: Dimity Hawkins
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ican).
Who will stop nuclear next use? A public forum on nuclear disarmament organised by the Australia-Japan Civil Society Cooperation for Nuclear Disarmament, Nautilus Institute.
We are getting towards the tipping point that will see disarmament. It has been 64 years in the making. There is a ground-swell developing. This week in Australia, the Joint Standing CommitteAuthor(s): No creator set

Yi Kiho - Transnational linkages for peace - Nuclear disarmament forum Transnational linkages for peace
Speaker: Yi Kiho
Director, Nautilus Institute ARI, Seoul.
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